Battle Through the Heavens: The Soul Emperor's Only Daughter, I Am the Young Master of the Soul

Chapter 19 A Feud from a Thousand Years Ago

The purple bracelet on her left wrist suddenly slipped from her hand and grew larger in mid-air.

The bracelet is like amethyst, crystal clear, with lotus patterns and some mysterious runes inlaid on its body, shimmering with a mesmerizing luster, like the eerie light in the abyss, beautiful yet dangerous.

As it slowly rotated, two purple chains emerged from the Soul-Locking Bracelet and bound Liu Lin and Liu Xi.

"Ugh... what the hell is this...?"

As if their souls were being torn apart, the two brothers clutched their heads and let out piercing screams that seemed to cut through the sky, their distorted faces filled with fear and extreme pain.

However, Hun Qinghao remained unmoved, his eyes flashing with cold light as he increased his power output.

The Soul-Locking Bracelet trembled, and the two chains directly extracted the souls of the two people from their bodies, pulling them into the bracelet in the next instant.

...The surroundings were completely silent.

The members of the Jia Lie family were so frightened that they lost control of their bladders. A six-star Dou Zhe and a one-star Da Dou Shi were so easily killed by a teenage girl, without any power to fight back!

Gazing at the purple bracelet in the air that emanated a soul-stirring aura, Xiao Yan couldn't help but gasp.

I'd always heard the little witch talk about how powerful her Soul-Locking Bracelet was, but today I witnessed it firsthand, and it was truly bizarre!

Extremely dangerous!

This made Xiao Yan even more curious about the Soul Palace. Were all the attack methods of the people in the Soul Palace so dangerous and bizarre?

He's actually starting to look forward to it!

When Xiao Xun'er saw Xiao Yan staring at the Soul-Locking Bracelet without blinking, a bad premonition immediately rose in her heart.

Could it be that her brother Xiao Yan has been corrupted by this Soul Clan demoness?

Hun Qinghao put away the Soul-Locking Bracelet and glanced at the members of the Jialie family sitting on the ground. He originally wanted to wipe them out completely, but seeing their cowardly appearance, he instantly lost interest.

So she patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and instructed him, "Xiao Yan, the rest are yours. Remember to use the Soul Lamp to collect their souls; they will be of great use to you."

Soul Lamp?

Xiao Xun'er's eyes widened as she caught the key words.

That's something that every Soul Palace protector needs, so how come Brother Xiao Yan has it?

"They're just small fry, I think we should just let it go," Xiao Yan said, shaking his head. He wasn't going to kill them; he had already eliminated the two alchemists who posed a threat to the Xiao family, and there was no need to exterminate the remaining low-level cultivators.

"Fine, whatever you want." Hun Qinghao shrugged, not really caring.

Upon hearing that he was spared death, young master Jia Lie hurriedly led his men away in a chaotic retreat.

He was going back to tell his father that the Xiao family had a terrifying female demon, who was also said to be Xiao Yan's junior sister, and that the Xiao family should not touch her!

With no one else around, Xiao Xun'er glanced at Hun Qinghao, then pulled Xiao Yan aside and asked with a serious expression, "Brother Xiao Yan, why do you possess the Soul Lamp of the Soul Palace?"

Hun Qinghao crossed his arms and leaned against a pillar, grinning wickedly, wanting to see how Xiao Yan would respond.

If Xiao Yan's answer didn't satisfy her, then... hehehe...

Xiao Yan didn't understand what the Soul Palace represented at this time. Because of Hun Qing's good reputation, he had a very positive view of the Soul Palace, so he truthfully said, "I joined the Soul Palace. This Soul Lamp was given to me by my junior sister. She said it was one of the three essential pieces of equipment for a Soul Palace protector."

"What? Brother Xiao Yan, you've joined the Soul Hall! How could you join the Soul Hall?"

Xiao Xun'er looked incredulous. Her childhood sweetheart, Xiao Yan, had actually joined the Soul Palace, the mortal enemy of her family!

This was something Xiao Xun'er simply couldn't accept.

"Nizi, what's wrong?" Xiao Yan didn't understand Xiao Xun'er's reaction to the Soul Palace, so he explained gently, "My junior sister helped me restore my talent and gave me the Void Devouring Flame, ranked second on the Strange Flame Ranking, and a Heaven-rank cultivation technique. Why can't I join the Soul Palace?"

"Of course you can't join the Soul Hall!" Xiao Xun'er shouted anxiously, "Brother Xiao Yan, do you know that your Xiao family..."

"Shut up!" Hun Qinghao suddenly shouted, interrupting Xiao Xun'er. He raised his chin and looked at Xiao Xun'er with disdain. "You just want to say that the decline of the Xiao family was caused by our Hun clan, right? That's right. My father killed Xiao Xuan, the patriarch of the Xiao clan a thousand years ago. Your father was right there at the time, and he didn't stop it. Later, he even took over the Heavenly Tomb. You're all the same. How dare you talk about the Hun Palace?"

Hun Qinghao not only made no attempt to conceal what happened a thousand years ago, but also held Xiao Xun'er in utter contempt.

Don't think that just because a thousand years have passed, she doesn't know what happened back then. Gu Yuan didn't stop Xiao Xuan from breaking through to Dou Di, but he also didn't desperately stop her father from sneaking up on Xiao Xuan.

Both were late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng. If Gu Yuan had desperately tried to stop him back then, his father could have really interrupted Xiao Xuan's breakthrough. To put it bluntly, it was just that the benefits weren't enough!

"You, you're distorting the truth and making things up!" Xiao Xun'er was shocked by Hun Qinghao's twisted logic, her face flushed with anger, and she glared at her with eyes blazing with fury.

As for Xiao Yan, the information about Hun Qing was too much, like a lightning strike that left him stunned and unable to recover for a long time.

However, despite this, Xiao Yan didn't feel much for the Xiao Xuan Ancestor mentioned by Hun Qinghao. A thousand years was too long for him to empathize with the grudges from a thousand years ago, especially since he had received a favor from Hun Qinghao.

Xiao Yan snapped out of his daze and looked at the two girls facing off in front of him, feeling a bit conflicted.

One is his childhood sweetheart who has never abandoned him, and the other is his junior sister who has been kind to him. It's not good for him to side with either of them.

"Nizi, the events of a thousand years ago are too far removed from me. All I know is that Qing'er is my junior sister, and she has done me a great favor. I treat her like a sister. She wants me to join the Soul Palace, so I will join!" Xiao Yan looked into Xiao Xun'er's eyes and spoke very seriously.

After speaking, Xiao Yan turned to look at Hun Qinghao, his gaze exceptionally sincere, "Junior Sister, I don't know the Soul Palace, or what kind of power the Soul Clan behind it is, but I'm willing to believe in them because of you!"

Hun Qinghao was slightly taken aback, somewhat moved by Xiao Yan's sincerity, but that was all.

She immediately snapped out of her daze, pouting and turning her head away haughtily, "Hmph, who's your sister? My dad only has one daughter!"

After saying that, Hun Qing spread his battle qi wings and flew into the air to leave.

Xiao Yan smiled faintly, waved at the departing Hun Qinghao, and shouted, "You're three years younger than me, what else would you be but a younger sister? Do you want to be the older sister?"

"It's not impossible..."

A girl's clear voice came from the air, and Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle.

"Brother Xiao Yan..." Xiao Xun'er uttered in a daze as she looked at Xiao Yan's sunny smile.

It seems that Brother Xiao Yan truly regards that Soul Clan demoness as his younger sister.

What should she do? The news that her brother Xiao Yan has joined the Soul Palace must not be sent back to the clan, otherwise those stubborn old folks in the clan will definitely force her father to take her back, and even her brother Xiao Yan will be in danger!

No, for Xiao Yan's sake, she had to keep this news a secret!

After calming down, Xiao Xun'er remembered the benefits that Hun Qinghao had brought to Xiao Yan. She gradually suppressed her aversion to the Soul Palace and vowed to keep Xiao Yan's joining the Soul Palace a secret from her family.

(End of this chapter)